If they wanted a emergency levy introduced they should of introduced it after the Victorian Bush fire's where there was significantly more people killed and more destruction in terms in houses destroyed. If I was a Victorian affected by the bush fire's I would be pissed with the labour government.

Call me pessimistic but

(1) We can't afford $8 bil for rebuilding Qld, and need a levy, but we can afford a $43 bil broadband network?

(2) We in WA are still paying the WA Inc levy (to pay for massive Govt losses 20 years ago)
It was about $30 or $50 added to vehicle licences and was only supposed to last a finite amount of time like 5yrs or something.
The vehicle licences never dropped and we are still paying.

The Govt will not make the levy for one year you can guarantee that.

So what if there is a levy, previous govt's have used levies before, such as the 'gun buy back' the levy to pay the 'retrenched Ansett workers' and the 'sugar levy' to support the struggling sugar industry. What are most people winging about, the levy is only $5 a week for those earning over $100,000, just over the price of an average cup of coffee in a cafe. Not a lot in the bigger scheme of things.

so its another 1 percent pay cut on existing increasing bills. I have already donated 100 dollars to Queensland situation ..to the "people" n which once again a show great compassion for. and now the labor government is double dipping and Indian giving.
I didn't receive the stimulus package and pay enough tax seems like they have run out of money making options with the privatization and the mining tax and now looking to hit the pockets of the working class.

I skeptical that it will be a "once off levi" Once introduced its in for good.

the australian govt could tell insurance companies that flood insurance is just that!
not making up their own definitions such as "rising rivers" are not a flood!!!!!

WTF!

read your 80 page insurance policies people.

What a bunch of winging, miserable deadbeats

The Labor Party in NSW equals personal gain at the taxpayer expense.

The latest news is the roads minister's chief of staff resigned after being busted buying drugs.

Guess what the chief of staff's qualification for the job is, a job that probably pays $300K a year or more plus all the perks? He is married to the minister for education.


What a joke. Big deal he resigns. He would have been out of a job in a couple of months anyway.

The NSW ALP treats taxpayers money as their own personal property. The sooner we get rid of them the better. Problem is its unlikely the Libs/Nats will be any more ethical.

There should be a law to stop members of parliament close relatives to be appointed to public service positions unless they are already in the public service.

log man said...

What a bunch of winging, miserable deadbeats

I presume you mean the Labor party... and not the nice SB users...

Was taking to wifey about this yesterday and the topic of Vic bushfires came up also.

It's hard to fathom some of the meanspirited idiots that jump on local radio and cr@p on about how we shouldn't be contributing one iota.

I guess the subject of Qld and Wa getting their GST returns severely skimmed is relevant also, but in a time like this maybe politics should be in the back seat and the end of the mess and misery at the forefront.

For my 2c, i am so grateful that it didn't happen here in Perf that i am happy to cough up for the levy as i understand it.

Still out to lunch on whether the BBN is the wisest use of coffers. Will let you know how that panned out in 20yrs.

Diff with BBN etc is it is budgeted - wheras a disater is not planned and if the $$ are loaned comes at a very high price (literally and otherwise) and will also likely to be skimmed off the usual candidates (schools/hospys/essential services).

some light hearted political humour

An airplane was about to crash; there were 5 passengers on board, but only 4 parachutes.

The first passenger said, "I am Kevin Rudd, the chosen one. The world needs me, I can't afford to die." So he took the first parachute and left the plane.

The second passenger, Julia Gillard, said, "I am the first female prime minister and I am the smartest woman in Australian history, so Australia 's people don't want me to die." She took the second parachute and jumped out of the plane.

The third passenger, Wayne Swan, said, "I'm the Treasure of Australia." So he grabbed the parachute next to him and jumped.

The fourth passenger, John Howard, said to the fifth passenger, a 10-year-old schoolgirl, "I have lived a full life, and served my country the best I could. I will sacrifice my life and let you have the last parachute."

The little girl said, "That's okay, Mr. Howard. There's a parachute left for you. Australia 's smartest woman took my schoolbag."

log man said...

What a bunch of winging, miserable deadbeats

We are whinging because the Govt spends money hand over fist on sh!t and can't afford to help with disasters.

If you disagree with that, you'd be looking forward to the Easter Bunny coming soon I guess

Oh well, at least when we have the next natural disaster we'll all be able to google it really fast.

doggie said...

Mark _australia said...

log man said...

What a bunch of winging, miserable deadbeats

We are whinging because the Govt spends money hand over fist on sh!t and can't afford to help with disasters.

If you disagree with that, you'd be looking forward to the Easter Bunny coming soon I guess

Oh well, at least when we have the next natural disaster we'll all be able to google it really fast.

The tooth fairy stopped coming to my place cos me teeth stopped falling out

Geez man use some initiative - ask Santa to bring you some more teeth!

Do you want dog teeth or man teeth doggie?

getfunky said...
Julia could always wave her hands and fly to safety too "Working families..moving forward..working families.."

Yeah. She is prone to waving her hands (or should I say claws) about. She never holds her fingers (or should I say talons) straight.

Lots of touchy feely words from her but the body language denies it.

The levy is going to happen like it all not.
The problem is now everyone will stop donating to the charity's that will help the people worst effected which isn't a good thing

I don't agree with the levy at all but queensland does need rebuilding and people need homes.I couldn't imagine what it would be like loosing everything you own.A lot of people have lost jobs and now have no income.

I will pay my $260 in June and i will also vote against Labour in the next election as i did in the last one.
I for one didnt want the $900 stim package as i thought the money would be better saved for a rainy day